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“The Voice” is the first show of its kind to openly address its contestants’ sexual orientations

As “The Voice” crowned Javier Colon its winner on Wednesday, host Carson Daly said he was proud that this singing competition was unique in its open acceptance of gay contestants.

“The thing about ‘The Voice’ is no one knew anything about anybody,” Daly (left) told TheWrap just after the finale wrapped. “It’s not like it’s a gay friendly show on purpose … There wasn’t any bias, but we embraced the fact that the gay community was so well represented in our show, and we were very proud of that.”

Two of the three runners up on “The Voice” – Beverly McLellan and Viccki Martinez — are openly gay, a stark contrast to other singing competitions like “American Idol.”

Two weeks ago, Cee-Lo Green apologized to gay contestants on the show and issued a public apology after he tweeted to a writer who had negatively critiqued one of his performances, “I’m guessing you’re gay? And my masculinity offended you? Well f— you!”

The “F— You” singer told Us Weekly: “I most certainly am not harboring any sort of negative feeling toward the gay community. I don’t have an opinion on people with different religious, sexual or political preferences.”

In the end, McClellan and Martinez fell short in their quest for $100,000 and a recording contract with Universal Republic Records.

Colon, the freshly-crowned winner, will now join the seven runners-up on a summer concert tour, which is sure to be attended by an LGBT-laden cheering throng.